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Ingredients
- 6 slices bacon
- 1/2 cup diced red onion
- 1/2 cup white wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus a pinch
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 recipe Baked Brown Rice, recipe follows
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
Directions
In a 10-inch saute pan over medium heat, fry the bacon until crisp. Drain, crumble, and set aside. Reserve 1 tablespoon of the bacon fat.
Add the red onion to the pan and cook until translucent, approximately 5 to 6 minutes. Add the vinegar, chicken broth, mustard, sugar, salt, and pepper to the pan and stir to combine. Add the bacon back to the pan along with the rice and cook, stirring occasionally, until the liquid is absorbed, approximately 7 to 10 minutes. Stir in the dill. Allow to cool slightly before serving.
Baked Brown Rice:
1 1/2 cups brown rice, medium or short grain
2 1/2 cups water
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 teaspoon kosher salt
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Place the rice into an 8-inch square glass baking dish.
Bring the water, butter, and salt just to a boil in a kettle or covered saucepan. Once the water boils, pour it over the rice, stir to combine, and cover the dish tightly with heavy-duty aluminum foil. Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 1 hour.
After 1 hour, remove cover and fluff the rice with a fork. Serve immediately.
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By slylab_9822673
centerville, MN
on September 16, 2011
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The brown rice in the oven was beautiful!!! But I love dill and it was overpowering, next time I'll lay of a bit. And I don't think any more salt needs to be added. There is already salt in the rice and with the saltiness of the bacon there was more than enough. I'll lay off the salt in the liquid part next time. I think with less salt and less dill or another more subtle herb it will be a 5 star recipe
By willey008
gilbert, 40
on July 23, 2011
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this is a very tasty and best brown rice recipe ever.
By spiralwriter
Virginia Highlands
on January 20, 2011
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We're vegetarians so I leave out the bacon, and I only use 1/2 teaspoon of salt when baking the rice. That being said, this has turned out to be a staple recipe for my household. I bake brown rice anytime the dish is empty!
Very forgiving as well. I've left it for a good 10 minutes extra, had the foil-covered dish of rice and boiling water on the counter for several minutes while I belatedly heated the oven, even once had to take it out halfway through cooking and take it to another house to finish. Every time it's been perfect. I sometimes put other seasonings like pepper flakes, garlic, or onion powder in the water before boiling it for savory or spicy rice, though the plain rice with blueberries and walnuts is a perfect breakfast.
As for the salad, I've added walnuts, almonds, various greens and cabbages, blue cheese, feta cheese, whatever I could think of or had on hand, and the end result is so great that meat eaters never miss the bacon at family gatherings.
Great recipe!
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